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'Lion elevator' restored in Rome's Colosseum
Jun 10, 2015The special mechanism used to hoist wild animals in to the world famous arena has now been rebuilt.
DRC-Hubo wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
VIDEO Jun 8, 2015A robot from South Korea has scooped the $2 million prize for an impressive win across eight tasks.
Greenland's vanishing lakes mystery solved
Jun 5, 2015Scientists have found what is causing billions of gallons of water to drain out within a matter of hours.
New human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia
May 30, 2015Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
Have we all been drinking dinosaur urine ?
VIDEO May 28, 2015Almost all the water on the planet was, at one point, consumed and then peed out by a dinosaur.
Beekeeper covers himself in 1.1 million bees
May 26, 2015Gao Bingguo set a new world record by engulfing his body in a swarm of bees weighing more than 109kg.
3.3 million-year-old stone tools discovered
May 21, 2015Prehistoric stone tools predating the human genus have been unearthed in a dried-up riverbed in Kenya.
Scientists sample one million-year-old air
May 12, 2015A snapshot of the past has been found in the form of a bubble frozen in the Antarctic ice.
Human skin found on 2-million-year-old fossil
May 10, 2015Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.
Newly discovered galaxy sets distance record
May 6, 2015Astronomers have identified the most distant galaxy ever recorded at 13 billion light years away.
Prehistoric insect found trapped in amber
May 3, 2015A 100 million-year-old predatory cockroach has been found perfectly preserved in a piece of amber.
Unexplained hole in the universe discovered
Apr 21, 2015Scientists have identified a huge void in space that measures over 1.8 billion light years across.
Acid oceans blamed for worst mass extinction
Apr 12, 2015An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
New Horizons prepares for Pluto encounter
Apr 12, 2015After a journey of more than three billion miles the probe is expected to reach its destination in July.
Vast underground city discovered in Turkey
Mar 29, 2015A subterranean complex covering an area of 5 million square feet has been unearthed in Nevsehir.
New species of giant dinosaur discovered
Mar 29, 2015The gargantuan reptile was related to the Titanosaurs and roamed the Earth around 100 million years ago.
Millions view eclipse over UK and Europe
VIDEO Mar 20, 2015A solar eclipse provided a breathtaking spectacle this morning despite predominantly cloudy weather.
Prehistoric lobster was the size of a man
Mar 13, 2015Palaeontologists have uncovered the fossil remains of an enormous 480 million-year-old lobster.
NASA tests out world's most powerful rocket
VIDEO Mar 12, 2015The successful test saw the enormous booster put out a staggering 3.6 million pounds of thrust.
What is the Pentagon's $55 billion plane ?
Mar 3, 2015The bleeding edge bomber remains shrouded in secrecy and its costs may be spiraling out of control.
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